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Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Subcommittee on Standards and Security
July 28, 2006
Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel
1001 14th Street, NW
Washington , DC 20005
Meeting Synopsis
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on
Standards and Security was convened on July 28, 2006. The meeting was open to
the public and broadcast live on the Internet with the help of the Department
of Veteran Affairs.
Present:
Committee Members
- Jeffrey S. Blair, M.B.A., Co-Chairman
- Harry Reynolds, Co-Chairman
- Justine M. Carr, M.D. (teleconference)
- Simon P. Cohn, M.D.
- Stan M. Huff, M.D.
- Judith Warren, Ph.D., R.N.
Absent
Staff and Liaisons
- Denise M. Buenning, MSM, CMS Lead Staff
- Mary Jo Deering, Ph.D., NIH
- Jorge Ferrer, MD, VA
- Wanda Govan-Jenkins, NCHS/CDC
- Marjorie Greenberg, NCHS/CDC, Executive Secretary
- Steven J. Steindel, Ph.D., CDC
- Karen Trudel, CMS
Others
- Bill Alfano, BlueCross BlueShield
- Lenora Barnes, VA (teleconference)
- Elizabeth C. Halley, Mitre Corporation
- John Harmon, US EPA (teleconference)
- William A. Hess, FDA
- Marcia L. Insley, VA (teleconference)
- Hrant Jamgochian, American Pharmacists Assn.
- John Kilbourne, M.D., NLM
- Frank A. Kyle, Jr., ADA
- Siew Lam, M.D., VA (teleconference)
- Randy Levin, M.D., DHHS (teleconference)
- Michael Lincoln, M.D., VA (teleconference)
- Stefano Luccioli, M.D., FDA
- Mark McLaughlin, WEDI
- Nancy J. Orvis, MHS CIO
- Fola Parrish, Pharmacy Information Consultant (teleconference)
- David A. Slaughter, Thompson Publishing Group
- Elizabeth C. Smith, FDA
- Walter Suarez, Institute for HIPAA
- Allison Viola, AHIMA
ACTIONS
- Judith Warren will work on and distribute a new draft letter on matching
records to patients within two weeks that includes testimony heard through the
NHIN on July 27, 2006. The letter will be reviewed by Mr. Blair, Mr. Reynolds,
Simon Cohn, M.D., and Mr. Jim Scanlon.
- Discussion of the CHI letter and of the above draft letter on matching
records to patients will be integrated into an already scheduled August 2006
conference call with the full Committee to ensure coordination of output by
various subcommittees.
The next Subcommittee on Standards and Security meeting will take place on
October 11-12, 2006. Topics include further discussion about Consolidated
Health Informatics Initiative (CHI), National Provider Identifier
implementation (NPI), and an update from the e-prescribing pilots. At this
meeting, Mr. Reynolds would like a roadmap developed that will propel the
Subcommittee on Standards and Security forward.
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Topics and Presenters
Friday July 28, 2006
- Welcome and Introductions - Jeff Blair, Harry Reynolds
- NPI Implementation Issues and Concerns Mark McLaughlin, WEDI, Walter
Suarez, WEDI
- CHI Allergy Workgroup Preliminary Recommendations
- William A. Hess, FDA
- Elizabeth C. Smith, FDA
- John Kilbourne, M.D., NLM
- Nancy J. Orvis, DoD
- Stefano Luccioli, M.D., FDA
- Elizabeth Halley, R.N., M.B.A., Mitre Corp.
- Subcommittee Discussion - Jeff Blair, Harry Reynolds
See official transcript for full subcommittee discussion.